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🇦🇫 Afghanistan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3AFG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AF
UN M49 numeric004
IOC codeAFG
Official nameIslamic Republic of Afghanistan
Native name(s)prs: official: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان; common: افغانستان; pus: official: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت; common: افغانستان; tuk: official: Owganystan Yslam Respublikasy; common: Owganystan
Alt spellingsAF, Afġānistān
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalKabul
Area (km²)652,230
Lat / Lng33.0000, 65.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)IRN, PAK, TKM, UZB, TJK, CHN
Top-level domain.af
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 3

Demographics

Population (World Bank)43,844,111 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.289 (2024)
Languagesprs: Dari; pus: Pashto; tuk: Turkmen
Demonymseng: f: Afghan; m: Afghan; fra: f: Afghane; m: Afghan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)17,778,508,875.74 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)416.871 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)13.351 (2025)
CurrenciesAFN: name: Afghan afghani; symbol: ؋

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,776,176
19517,879,339
19527,987,783
19538,096,698
19548,207,950
19558,326,979
19568,454,301
19578,588,335
19588,723,401
19598,869,270
19609,035,043
19619,214,083
19629,404,406
19639,604,487
19649,814,318
196510,036,008
196610,266,395
196710,505,959
196810,756,922
196911,017,409
197011,290,128
197111,567,667
197211,853,696
197312,157,999
197412,469,127
197512,773,954
197613,059,851
197713,340,756
197813,611,441
197913,655,567
198013,169,311
198111,937,581
198210,991,378
198310,917,982
198411,190,221
198511,426,852
198611,420,074
198711,387,818
198811,523,298
198911,874,088
199012,045,660
199112,238,879
199213,278,974
199314,943,172
199416,250,794
199517,065,836
199617,763,266
199718,452,091
199819,159,996
199919,887,785
200020,130,327
200120,284,307
200221,378,117
200322,733,049
200423,560,654
200524,404,567
200625,424,094
200725,909,852
200826,482,622
200927,466,101
201028,284,089
201129,347,708
201230,560,034
201331,622,704
201432,792,523
201533,831,764
201634,700,612
201735,688,935
201836,743,039
201937,856,121
202039,068,979
202140,000,412
202240,578,842
202341,454,761

Full raw record (JSON)

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